ham-sandwich

She was the talent in the group, and posterity recalls her as a ham-sandwich joke.

The Other Papa 2007

She was the talent in the group, and posterity recalls her as a ham-sandwich joke.

The Other Papa 2007

He grabs a ham-sandwich dinner before rushing to yet another meeting across town.

Dial M For Merger Mania 2008

The destruction in the kitchen had been equally great: the extra waiter had placed his heel on a ham-sandwich, and, consequently, sat down rather hurriedly on the floor with a large tray of sundries in his lap, the result of which was, according to the following

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Various

If, as they say, the use of the drug means the increase of the dose, where will it stop, and at what precise point of frenzy and delusion will a healthy grown-up man be ready to rush headlong upon a cutlet or make a dash for death or glory at a ham-sandwich?

Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932

"Oh, a ham-sandwich would do, or perhaps a couple of hard-boiled eggs --"

Tik-Tok of Oz Baum, L. Frank 1914

It was only for a moment, of course, but I heard him say to someone, whose name I forget, that he had much better have trusted to a ham-sandwich in the station refreshment-room.

The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895

"Oh, a ham-sandwich would do, or perhaps a couple of hard-boiled eggs --"

Tik-Tok of Oz 1887

"You live on the dead," said the Eastern pundit, reproachfully, out of his yellow turban, to the American who had just ordered a ham-sandwich.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885

But if he has bought his ham-sandwich, and is ready for the "En voiture, messieurs," he may perhaps condescend for an instant to hear what a lounger about the place, neither wasteful of his time, nor sparing of it, can suggest as worth looking at, when his train glides out of the station.

Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens John Ruskin 1859